Council News

The Mission of the website Labor-United.com is to enhance public education as to the importance of trained, skilled labor and to encourage the public to consider fair wages for all workers. 

A new report from a University of Illinois expert in urban development and local economies found that the share of middle-income households in the state of Illinois has fallen steadily from nearly 60 percent in 1970 to below 50 percent in the current, post-Great Recession period.

Member Appreciation Day Open House and Health Fair Is Sat., June 3, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

During this WGN Radio interview from May 10, 2017, Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan discussed his working relationships with Republican governors versus Governor Rauner. Madigan also said that Gov. Rauner is committed to turning Illinois into a Right to Work state. Listen to the interview. “Right to work” (RTW) is a misnomer, having

Built to Last®—a product of the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters’ Labor and Management Committee—is back!  After three successful seasons with Lakeshore Public Television, production of season four will be handled by ABC.

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According to a survey by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, barely a third of registered voters, just 36 percent, now approve of the job Rauner is doing as governor. A total of 58 percent disapprove.

Scott Johnson began working as a nonunion carpenter in 1986, eventually joining the union in 1995. In hearing him describe this transition, it could be considered one of those forks in the road resulting in a successful navigation that will go down as a lifetime milestone.

The UBC Las Vegas Training Center (ITC) physical location remains the same; however, the mailing address has changed.

In a narrow result that divided along party lines, the Senate voted 49 to 48 to eliminate the regulation, dubbed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule.